| Trump: ‘Everybody’ has better health care than the U.S. Posted: 05 May 2017 01:27 PM PDT  President Trump declared Friday that "everybody" on the world stage has better health care than the United States, but suggested that the GOP's health care plan will change that.
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| Drug lord El Chapo has his day in court, and will be back for his trial — next year Posted: 05 May 2017 01:54 PM PDT  Friday morning, Joaquin Guzman Loera was taken from his solitary confinement cell in lower Manhattan and escorted by a police motorcade across the Brooklyn Bridge to the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, where heavy security signaled the impending arrival of someone important. Well before Guzman's hearing began, reporters had already filled the courtroom's press box and much of the overflow room across the hall, where a live feed of the proceedings played on two TVs and a large projector screen.
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| 18 Fraternity Brothers Charged Over Pledge Timothy Piazza’s Death Posted: 05 May 2017 08:36 AM PDT  The members of a Penn State fraternity are facing criminal charges, including involuntary manslaughter, in the death of pledge Timothy Piazza.
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| Index: Arrest Warrant for Murder Issued for Police Officer in Deadly Shooting of Texas Teen Posted: 04 May 2017 09:00 PM PDT  Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay more than $110 million for failing to disclose the risk associated with talc in baby powder; Skydive fail.
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| US federal staff being forced to watch Fox News instead of CNN, leaked email suggests Posted: 06 May 2017 09:22 AM PDT  An email has been sent to staff at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcing that all their agency's televisions will show Fox News, apparently by order of the Trump administration. Journalist Paul Thacker tweeted a screengrab of the message, but an FDA spokesperson denied there had been any such order. It reads: "Please excuse me for sending this out to your entire group via your listserv, but I was alerted by a member in your group and I wanted to let everyone know that the reason for the change from CNN to Fox.
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| As rivers recede, another death from Midwest flooding Posted: 05 May 2017 03:21 PM PDT  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man has died after his vehicle was swept off a road near a flooded creek in Missouri, marking the 10th death blamed on flooding in the Midwest, authorities said Friday.
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| Teacher Pictured Dragging Student Down Hallway Is Fired: Reports Posted: 05 May 2017 09:14 AM PDT  The Ohio woman was a head start teacher in Youngstown.
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| 'No chance' for trapped Iran miners Posted: 05 May 2017 09:13 AM PDT  Iranian officials said Friday there was "no chance" of saving nine coal miners trapped for the past two days after a tunnel collapse that has already claimed at least 26 lives. Toxic gases have filled much of the two-kilometre (mile) Zemestan Yort mine in northern Iran, and rescue workers face a painstaking effort to clear the fragile passage in which the remaining workers were trapped after a huge explosion. "There is no chance of workers being alive in the mine," said Deputy Interior Minister Esmail Nadjar, quoted by the ILNA news agency.
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| Russia Sends Its Most Advanced Fighters to U.S. Coast Posted: 06 May 2017 06:07 AM PDT  Incident takes place a week after four consecutive days flying near U.S. territory.
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| A look at the House Republican health care bill Posted: 05 May 2017 01:14 AM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have passed legislation to roll back much of former President Barack Obama's health care law. The legislation would rework subsidies for private insurance, limit federal spending on Medicaid for low-income people and cut taxes on upper-income individuals used to finance Obama's overhaul.
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| Macron stretches lead in last throes of French presidential campaign Posted: 05 May 2017 12:16 PM PDT  By Mathieu Rosemain and Andrew Callus PARIS (Reuters) - Centrist French presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron extended his lead in the polls over his far-right rival Marine Le Pen on Friday, the final day of campaigning in a tumultuous election race that has turned the country's politics upside down. Sunday's election is seen as the most important in France for decades, with two diametrically opposed views of Europe and France's place in the world at stake. The National Front's Le Pen would close borders and quit the euro currency, while independent Macron, who has never held elected office, wants closer European cooperation and an open economy.
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| Johnson & Johnson to Pay $110 Million in Cancer Lawsuit Posted: 05 May 2017 08:47 AM PDT  A St. Louis jury has awarded a Virginia woman a record-setting $110.5 million in the latest lawsuit alleging that using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused cancer.
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| Made-in-China jet takes maiden flight Posted: 05 May 2017 01:34 AM PDT  The first large made-in-China passenger plane took off on its maiden test flight Friday, marking a key milestone on the country's ambitious journey to compete with the world's leading aircraft makers. The narrow-body C919 jet -- white with green and blue stripes -- soared over Pudong international airport in the commercial hub Shanghai as a crowd of thousands cheered. Built by state-owned aerospace manufacturer Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (COMAC), the plane represents nearly a decade of effort in a government-mandated drive to reduce dependence on European consortium Airbus and US aerospace giant Boeing.
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| Ferguson protestor pictured in iconic photo found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wound Posted: 05 May 2017 09:57 AM PDT  The subject of an iconic photograph from the 2014 protests in Ferguson showing a man throwing a can of smoking tear gas back at police has been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Edward Crawford, whose image was part of a series of photographs that won the St. Louis Post-Dispatch a Pulitzer prize, was found dead overnight, his father Edward Crawford Sr. confirmed to that paper. Mr Crawford was in a car with two women when he shot himself and had been talking about being depressed.
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| Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby and more: May 6 in photos Posted: 06 May 2017 02:27 PM PDT ![Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby and more: May 6 in photos]( "Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby and more: May 6 in photos") Always Dreaming wins the 143rd running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.; Pope Francis is cheered by students' groups advocating for peace as he arrives to greet them at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican; a child looks out from a voting booth as French citizens living in the United States cast their ballots for the French presidential runoff at the French Embassy in Washington. These are some of the photos of the day. (AP/EPA/Getty/Reuters/Zuma)
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| Correction: Police Shooting-Teen Killed story Posted: 05 May 2017 05:06 PM PDT  BALCH SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — In a story May 3 about the Dallas suburb where a white police officer shot and killed a black teenager, The Associated Press reported erroneously that a white officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, pleaded guilty to murder in the fatal shooting of a 50-year-old black man in 2015. That officer pleaded guilty to federal civil rights charges.
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| Iran army criticises Rouhani's missile comments Posted: 06 May 2017 04:12 AM PDT  Iran's armed forces warned President Hassan Rouhani against discussing the country's defence programme after he criticised the anti-Israel slogans written on the side of ballistic missiles, local media reported on Saturday. During an election debate on Friday, Rouhani took the rare step of criticising the elite Revolutionary Guards for the provocative messages they wrote on ballistic missiles before testing them. "We saw how they wrote slogans on missiles and showed underground (missile) cities to disrupt the JCPOA (nuclear deal)," he said during the debate, which comes ahead of the May 19 election.
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| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in heated exchange over GOP health care bill Posted: 06 May 2017 09:05 AM PDT  Walker was confronted at a public event by a Democratic official over the potential impact of the bill.
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| U.S. chief justice taps New York judge to handle Puerto Rico bankruptcy Posted: 05 May 2017 12:37 PM PDT  U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts on Friday appointed a federal judge based in Manhattan to oversee Puerto Rico's landmark bankruptcy case two days after the island's government filed for protection from creditors. In a brief statement, Roberts said he had designated U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain of the Southern District of New York to handle the biggest bankruptcy in the history of the U.S. municipal debt market.
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| Another iPhone supplier hit by Apple’s supply changes Posted: 06 May 2017 11:31 AM PDT 
The iPhone 8 is good news for various component suppliers who live and die by Apple's orders. The device is expected to pack a bunch of new features that require specialized hardware — that's why the phone is rumored to see launch delays of up to two months. But it appears that Apple is also shopping for other suppliers when it comes to smartphone components we're used to seeing in today's phone. And that means one more Apple suppliers will feel the pain of losing iPhone orders. According to Bloomberg, Bosch will manufacture some of the motion sensors that go into the iPhone, which means InvenSense will take a hit in the process. InvenSense joins a growing list of suppliers whose revenue can be seriously affected by Apple's business. Imagination announced that Apple will drop its GPU designs for the iPhone within two years. A report recently said Apple is developing its own battery management chip and dumping Dialog in the process. Bosch may supply as much as half of the motion sensor Apple needs for the iPhone 8 and iPhone 7s this year, with the other half left to InvenSense, which was the sole manufacturer of such parts for the iPhone 6s and iPhone 7. Bosch also makes the barometric pressures for the iPhone. The motion sensors include gyroscopes and accelerometers and are critical for any iPhone, including the iPhone. They let the iPhone tell how the user is interacting with the device and apps, how the phone is held, and monitor health-related activity.
InvenSense, however, saw this move coming. The company's CFO Mark Dentinger said during an August investor conference that while it was dominant "by a considerable margin" at the top of the smartphone market, it wasn't likely to keep that position. Apple is known for seeking more than one supplier for the same component to make sure it has enough parts to go around and to get better deals.
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| College student crawls through air ducts in quest to steal stats exam Posted: 05 May 2017 11:41 AM PDT  Friends, this is what happens when you watch Mission: Impossible too many times. Two students at the University of Kentucky are facing burglary charges after crawling through campus ceiling ducts to steal a statistics exam from their professor's office. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, 21-year-old junior Henry Lynch II dropped into the room through the ceiling, let in his friend Troy through the door, then started to rummage around for the test. SEE ALSO: Teacher finds her fourth grade students passing secret, feminist notes Imagine writing a test so hard that your students pull a Mission Impossiblehttps://t.co/oUa7RumLVx — TieTuesday (@TieTuesdayLP) May 4, 2017 Unfortunately, their professor had only gone out for a snack, and when he returned to a barricaded office door, he called the police. And, uh, that was the end of that heist — a disappointment considering the two dudes had successfully pilfered another exam earlier that semester. Not to be a Boring Adult or whatever, but perhaps they should have studied instead. WATCH: Get better, stress-free sleep with this weighted blanket
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| Tad Cummins May Have Learnt Capture Evasion From TV Posted: 06 May 2017 05:16 AM PDT  The Tennessee teacher was arrested last month after he ran away with his 15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas earlier this year.
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| Republicans who voted for Trumpcare are already seeing their re-election chances fall, analysis suggests Posted: 05 May 2017 02:39 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's hard-fought healthcare victory could backfire, as House Republicans that voted to repeal Obamacare are now vulnerable to backlash from their constituents. The Republicans' 217-213 passage of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) hurts the re-election chances of several representatives who supported the bill, according to the Cook Political Report. The non-partisan election analyst changed its forecast in 20 House districts, deeming each of them more likely than before to be won by a Democrat.
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| Trump comes to town, but the local rummage sale goes on Posted: 05 May 2017 03:05 PM PDT  FAR HILLLS, N.J. (AP) — Rains of Woodstockian proportion didn't deter hordes of people from flocking to this quaint corner of New Jersey for the much-anticipated event of the spring Friday.
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| With maiden jet flight, China enters dog-fight with Boeing, Airbus Posted: 05 May 2017 05:10 AM PDT  By Jackie Cai and Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's home-grown C919 passenger jet completed its long-delayed maiden flight on Friday, a major first step for Beijing as it looks to raise its profile in the global aviation market and boost high-tech manufacturing at home. The jet is a symbol of China's ambitions to muscle into a global jet market estimated to be worth $2 trillion over the next two decades, as well as of Beijing's broader "Made in China 2025" plan to spur home-made products, from medicines to robots. This is a moment we have waited to see for a very long time," Wang Mingfeng, 42, who witnessed the maiden flight at the Shanghai airport, told Reuters.
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| Breathtaking photographs showcase one of South America’s largest collections of caves Posted: 06 May 2017 09:00 AM PDT ![Breathtaking photographs showcase one of South America's largest collections of caves]( "Breathtaking photographs showcase one of South America's largest collections of caves") These awe-inspiring images showcase the grandeur of one of South America's most breathtaking collection of caves. Terra Ronca State Park in São Domingos, Brazil, is home to more than 60 caves, filled with stunning rock formations, giant stalagmites and stalactites, and flowing rivers.
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| This Woman Isn't Afraid to Show What Drastic Weight Loss Really Does to Your Body Posted: 05 May 2017 09:36 AM PDT  At 23 years old, Jessica Weber has taken her extreme weight-loss transformation viral. As People reports, Weber reached 383 pounds last year and decided to make a change and go down the path toward a healthier lifestyle after having an emotional talk with her mom."My mom actually started crying, and told me she thought I'd die before her. It just hit me hard, and I knew I had to start losing weight. It became my motivation!"You May Also Like: Mama June ...
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| 'He's an embarrassment': hostile welcome for Trump on return to New York Posted: 04 May 2017 08:18 PM PDT  Donald Trump returned to New York on Thursday night for the first time since his inauguration, yet the closest he could get to his home in Trump Tower was 10 blocks away as the city that made his fortune greeted him with noisy protest. The president bypassed his Fifth Avenue penthouse, where the first lady, Melania, and his youngest son, Barron, still live, bound for the USS Intrepid, a decommissioned aircraft carrier on the Hudson river, where he attended a gala to mark the 75th anniversary of a major second world war naval battle. Trump returned to New York buoyed by what he called the "unbelievable victory" earlier in the day in the House of Representatives of the bill to dismantle Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
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| Russia says Syria de-escalation deal to take effect at midnight: agencies Posted: 05 May 2017 10:57 AM PDT  A de-escalation agreement in Syria will come into force from midnight tonight but Russia's air force will continue strikes against Islamic State elsewhere in the country, Russian news agencies cited the Defence Ministry as saying on Friday. The first and largest of the zones in northern Syria will include Idlib province and adjoining districts of Latakia, Aleppo and Hama with a total population of over 1 million, the ministry said. Iran and Turkey agreed on Thursday to a Russian proposal to establish the de-escalation zones but details remain sketchy.
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| The Latest: 2 teens' charges being dropped in rape case Posted: 05 May 2017 09:15 AM PDT ![The Latest: 2 teens' charges being dropped in rape case]( "The Latest: 2 teens' charges being dropped in rape case") ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The Latest on charges being dropped in an alleged rape at a Maryland high school (all times local):
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| At least 29 schoolchildren killed in Tanzania bus crash Posted: 06 May 2017 08:56 AM PDT  At least 29 final year primary school pupils were killed in a bus crash in northern Tanzania on Saturday, along with two teachers and the driver, the school's director said. "We lost 29 students and two of our staff, and the driver died too," said Innocent Mushi, director of the Lucky Vincent Primary School in the northern city of Arusha, which the children attended. At least three survivors were pulled from the crash site by rescuers and rushed to hospital.
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| Prince Philip: Cyclone coinciding with retirement 'likely to cement God status among cult who worship him' Posted: 05 May 2017 02:04 AM PDT  An island cult who worship Prince Philip as their God may believe his retirement has triggered a tropical cyclone, according to an author who has lived among the villagers. Residents of the remote village of Yaohnanen, on the Pacific island of Tanna, hailed a 2015 cyclone as a sign the Duke of Edinburgh would visit the islands. Now, just as the Duke announced news of his retirement, another storm is on the way, which may be interpreted in a similar way by the villagers.
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| Credit Utilization: Understand How it Impacts Your Credit Score Posted: 05 May 2017 06:55 AM PDT ![Credit Utilization: Understand How it Impacts Your Credit Score]( "Credit Utilization: Understand How it Impacts Your Credit Score") An excellent credit score can make life easier and cheaper. If your score is above 750, you will find it easy to get the lowest interest rates on mortgages, auto loans and credit cards. To get an excellent credit score, you need a history of making payments on time.
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| What You Need To Know Before Eating At Panera Bread Posted: 06 May 2017 06:02 AM PDT  Prepare to be (bread) bowled over.
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| Hamas elects former deputy Haniyeh as new political chief Posted: 06 May 2017 09:33 AM PDT  By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian movement Hamas on Saturday elected Ismail Haniyeh to head its political office, a leadership change that comes as the Islamist group looks to reconcile with Palestinian rivals. Haniyeh, a former deputy chief, will replace Qatar-based veteran Khaled Meshaal, who steps down at the end of his term limit just as Hamas appeared to have softened its stance toward Israel in a new policy document last week. The group maintains a sizeable armed wing in the Gaza Strip since seizing the coastal territory in 2007 from the rival Fatah party, which is based in the West Bank, and has fought three wars with Israel.Israeli officials had no immediate comment on the election.
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| Save a few bucks on our favorite convertible Chromebook in this Amazon sale Posted: 06 May 2017 07:30 AM PDT 
Google's Chrome OS is absolutely obliterating Windows in the classroom right now, to the point where Microsoft had to build a new lightweight version of its Windows 10 operating system. This way, Windows computer makers can offer lower-cost laptops aimed at the education market. Google-powered Chromebooks still have the momentum though, and it remains to be seen whether or not Microsoft's Windows 10 S will slow Chrome down. Of course, Chromebooks are great outside the classroom as well. Chrome is so much faster than Windows, and it's perfect for emails, web browsing, video streaming, and plenty more. If you're looking for a powerful Chromebook that's still affordable compared to comparable Windows notebooks, definitely check out the Samsung Chromebook Plus Convertible Touch Laptop, which is on sale right now on Amazon. - Flexible 360° profile. Enables you to use upright as a computer to reply to emails or finish a paper and recline for a tablet view ideal for surfing and viewing
- This Device comes with the pen out of the box. Power to personalize your communications by writing directly on screen.
- Take notes, make a sketch, capture part of the screen, etc
- All the apps you love on your phone are now available on your computer. Over a million apps are waiting for you. Find your favorites or explore what's new
- Your world doesn't have to hit pause when you're not online. Continue to get things done using docs and apps in offline mode
- Makes it easy to carry with you wherever the day takes you. Turn heads with a full, metal design that's a touch above the typical Chromebook
- Speed (GHz): 2Ghz.
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| Cinco de Mayo in Trump era leaves Mexican-Americans torn Posted: 05 May 2017 01:07 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For years, Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz saw Cinco de Mayo as a reason to eat tacos and listen to Mexican music.
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| Venezuela unrest death toll rises, Chavez statue destroyed Posted: 05 May 2017 05:23 PM PDT  By Andrew Cawthorne and Corina Pons CARACAS (Reuters) - A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester died on Friday after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking fatalities from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 37 as the opposition geared up for more demonstrations. Hecder Lugo was hurt during fighting between demonstrators and security forces in Valencia on Thursday that also injured four others, the local opposition Mayor Enzo Scarano said in a series of tweets. The state prosecutor's office, which keeps an official count of deaths since protests began against socialist President Nicolas Maduro in early April, confirmed he died after being shot in a protest.
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| Slaying of camp workers on California beach may be solved Posted: 05 May 2017 06:11 PM PDT  SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — California authorities believe they have solved the slayings of two young Bible-camp counselors found shot to death as they slept on a Northern California beach more than a decade ago, they said Friday.
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| Macron and Le Pen battle for the French presidency Posted: 05 May 2017 11:10 AM PDT ![Macron and Le Pen battle for the French presidency]( "Macron and Le Pen battle for the French presidency") French election in photos – from stump speeches to protests – the last days of the battle between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen for the French presidency.
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| IBM tumbles as Buffett discloses he is trimming stake Posted: 05 May 2017 06:53 AM PDT  IBM shares tumbled Friday after billionaire investor Warren Buffett revealed he has sold about a third of his stake and "revalued" downward the computing giant. In early Wall Street trade, IBM shares were down 2.5 percent at $154.00. Buffett, who heads the Berkshire Hathaway holding company and is among the world's richest individuals, invested some $10.7 billion in IBM in 2011 for a stake of some 5.5 percent.
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| British PM boosted by local elections ahead of key vote Posted: 05 May 2017 12:43 PM PDT  British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives made sweeping gains Friday in local elections, handing her a big boost going into next month's Brexit-dominated parliamentary vote. Final results showed the ruling centre-right party gaining ground across the country, with the main opposition Labour party taking a pounding and Brexit cheerleaders UKIP all but wiped out. Despite the thumping victory, May said there was no room for complacency ahead of the June 8 general election and the negotiations that follow on Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.
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